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In contrast to them, the moment the energy seal shattered, Xiao Fan pulled Xiao Yan and Venerable Tianhuo aside and retreated instead of advancing.
Among the powerful figures around, there were also those with keen spatial perception or quick wit, who instantly retreated upon seeing the actions of others.
However, the powerful figures at the forefront, whose minds were already consumed by greed, could not possibly perceive such a change.
The instant the turbulent spatial fluctuations spread to their bodies, they instantly turned into wisps of blood mist and dissipated in mid-air.
Seeing the dead bodies of the people in front of them, the powerful figures behind them became solemn, a look of fear appearing on their faces. They roared and tried to retreat, but they were too late, having already approached the center.
"Bang bang bang!"
Clouds of blood mist appeared in mid-air, clearing the minds of those behind them.
"What a terrifying spatial storm! After countless years, it still possesses such terrifying impact. No wonder it's the relic of a Dou Sheng powerhouse..."
Having witnessed firsthand the damage caused by the spatial fluctuations, both Xiao Yan and Venerable Heavenly Flame showed lingering fear on their faces.
"It's their own fault for being too impatient. The ruins of a Dou Sheng powerhouse are not so simple."
Xiao Fan shook his head slightly, nodded to Xiao Yan and Venerable Tianhuo, and the three of them continued forward.
Having experienced the first wave of spatial energy surges, the surviving powerhouses have become much more cautious.
After passing through the previously blocked area, the group entered the sea of stocks, proceeding cautiously forward. After a while, a massive phantom appeared in their field of vision.
It was a massive hall nearly a thousand feet tall. Compared to this hall, the mountain where everyone had just been stood seemed as small as a hill.
The main hall was entirely crimson, like magma about to erupt, and a vast and terrifying aura permeated the hall, making Xiao Fan and the others feel extremely small.
The powerful figures who had arrived at the same place were also filled with shock when they saw the crimson palace in front of them. They looked at each other and their eyes revealed a hint of horror. As expected of the ruins left by the Dou Sheng powerhouse, it was magnificent and imposing.
As the group drew closer to the crimson palace, it appeared increasingly massive, filling their field of vision. After reaching nearly a hundred meters, the group was so awestruck that they were speechless.
"Such a massive and terrifying hall, no wonder it needs to be spatially sealed off; otherwise, it would be a very conspicuous place anywhere..."
At this moment, as they approached the main hall, Xiao Fan sensed the figures of powerful figures from various forces appearing one after another. Their gazes flashed through the crowd, and Xiao Fan exchanged a brief glance with Mo Shang's figure before scrutinizing the hidden Soul Hall experts.
"Young friend Xiao Fan, how have you been?"
Just then, a middle-aged man flew forward; he was Tang Zhen, the Valley Master of Burning Flame Valley.
Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan became acquainted in the Burning Flame Valley when Xiao Fan helped Xiao Yan refine the Fire Bodhi Pill for the third transformation of the Heavenly Flame Three Transformations. However, meeting him here was not unexpected for Xiao Fan.
"Valley Master Tang!"
Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan, who were standing to the side, smiled and bowed to Tang Zhen, after all, they had some acquaintance with each other.
"It's been a long time! My two young friends are quite the stars these days!"
Tang Zhen looked at Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan with an undisguised look of reminiscence on his face. He thought back to when they met in Burning Flame Valley. Apart from Xiao Fan's strength at the Dou Zun realm, there was nothing else worth mentioning.
In just a few months, the two have become renowned geniuses across the continent. One has already killed dozens of Dou Zun powerhouses from the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan and the Soul Palace, and is now at the top of the kill list of the two major forces, yet still lives a carefree life. The other has also become the champion of the Pill Gathering, and his name is known throughout the world.
"Rumble"
Just as the three were exchanging pleasantries, the massive crimson boulder at the entrance of the crimson hall, which seemed to weigh ten thousand pounds, emitted a dull pulling sound and then slowly opened, revealing a dark hole inside.
"The main hall is open!"
Seeing the open shop door, excitement flashed in the eyes of the group of powerful figures. However, having just experienced the spatial fluctuations, none of them dared to step forward.
However, Xiao Fan, who was familiar with the anomaly of the passage, did not hesitate. He grabbed Xiao Yan and Venerable Tianhuo beside him and flew into the passage. Before leaving, Xiao Fan said to Tang Zhen, "Valley Master Tang, I will take my leave first!"
However, as they moved forward, Xiao Fan's lips moved slightly, and Tang Zhen's eyes lit up. He nodded almost imperceptibly at Xiao Fan with a smile on his face.
Seeing that the people from Xingxingyun Pavilion were willing to be the first to try something new, no one was in a hurry. They watched as Xiao Fan led Xiao Yan and Venerable Tianhuo into the passage.
As soon as the three stepped into the passage, eerie blue flames burst forth from the walls around them, shooting towards them.
"boom"
Xiao Fan had anticipated this; the surging lust enveloped the three of them within the wall, but the eerie flames emanating from them did not harm them at all.
Immediately, the three figures flashed past and headed deeper into the passage. The group of powerful figures waiting on the perimeter saw Xiao Fan and his companions' actions and realized the anomaly in the passage. One after another, they flew towards the gate to avoid the eerie flames surging from the surrounding walls.
However, with such a large number of people, it was inevitable that some would not be able to dodge in time, and they would instantly turn into ashes after coming into contact with the eerie flames.
Seeing the fate of even the strongest, the others felt a chill in their hearts. After all, the opponent was not weak, but after coming into contact with this eerie flame, he instantly turned into ashes, which showed how terrifying the flame was.
Xiao Fan led Xiao Yan and Venerable Tianhuo forward, escaping the sight of the people behind them, and then pulled the two of them into the lava beneath their feet.
"Brother, you..."
A look of surprise flashed in Xiao Yan's eyes. After passing through the lava, Xiao Yan realized that they were in a wide passage.
The fire path where everyone had just been was now above the lava above their heads.
Through the layer of magma above, they could still see powerful figures continuing their journey deeper into the fire tunnel.
"How can it still be like this..."
Xiao Yan was slightly taken aback, and a look of surprise appeared on his face as he looked at Xiao Fan beside him.
Chapter 251 Entering the Ruins, Splitting Up
"I never expected that these ruins would trick everyone like this. If those people had gone through so many difficulties to reach the end of the fire passage, only to find that there was no passage at all, I wonder if they would have died of anger on the spot!"
Xiao Yan looked at the figures flashing through the lava above his head and a gloating smile appeared on his face.
A rare smile appeared on Venerable Tianhuo's face as he looked at Xiao Fan with surprise.
As for why Xiao Fan was so familiar with the newly opened Dou Sheng Ruins, the two of them wisely refrained from asking further questions.
"Let's go, we can enter the real ruins from here."
Xiao Fan was not surprised at all. He glanced at Xiao Yan and Venerable Tianhuo beside him, and then walked forward.
Seeing this, the two smiled slightly, their figures flashed, turning into blurry afterimages, and quickly followed ahead.
The stone passage where the three of them were located was not long; in just a few minutes, they arrived at its end.
A huge square appeared before them.
Because of Xiao Fan's guidance, they were the first to arrive at the square. Apart from them, there were no other powerful figures in the entire square.
However, when their gaze fell upon a heavy stone gate at the end of the square, Xiao Yan's expression suddenly changed.
"Earth Demon Puppet!?"
At the other end of the plaza, ten bodies as straight as spears stood silently before the stone gate, seemingly having stood there for millennia. The silver light emanating from their bodies was none other than the Earth Demon Puppet puppets that Xiao Fan and his companions had crafted.
Looking ahead at the Earth Demon Lord, whose body was shimmering with silver light, Xiao Yan's face showed a hint of astonishment.
However, Xiao Yan understood that it was wishful thinking for the ten puppets in front of him, which had only reached the level of Earth Demon Puppets, to try to stop so many powerful figures in Zhongzhou.
After all, these earth demon puppets are only at the peak of the Dou Zong level, and they have no power to fight back against a Dou Zun level expert.
"This thing has a hidden secret!"
Xiao Fan smiled slightly, looked at Xiao Yan beside him, and said, "Junior brother, why don't you go and experience it?"
"Right on my mind!"
Xiao Yan laughed heartily, and with a flash, he appeared at the end of the square in an instant.
As his figure stepped into the middle of the ten earth demon puppets, the light shone brightly, and the ten earth demon puppets, which had been like statues, instantly came to life and slashed at Xiao Yan together.
However, Xiao Yan, who had anticipated this, was not surprised at all. He waved his hand, and a vast amount of Dou Qi enveloped the ten Earth Demon Puppets, blocking them.
Just when Xiao Yan thought it was over, he saw the ten earth demon puppets sway and form an extremely mysterious formation.
Immediately, a beam of light burst forth beneath their feet, and the originally silvery-white Earth Demon Puppets instantly evolved towards the direction of the Heavenly Demon Puppets, with golden rays of light emanating from their bodies.
"How can it be!?"
Xiao Yan looked on in surprise as he saw that the Earth Demon Puppet had evolved into a level 10 Heaven Demon Lord puppet in such a short time.
You should know that he and his senior brother's two Heavenly Demon Puppets absorbed so much Pill Lightning before finally stepping into the Heavenly Demon Puppet realm.
However, these ten Heavenly Demon Puppets have completed their evolution in the blink of an eye, which is truly worthy of being a method left behind by a Dou Sheng powerhouse.
Looking at the ten Heavenly Demon Puppets shimmering with golden light, Xiao Yan admitted that he was tempted.
With a flash of his eyes, Xiao Yan no longer held back. His vast soul power instantly enveloped the Heavenly Demon Puppet, as he knew best the puppet's weaknesses.
To defeat them, the only way is to confront them head-on and completely annihilate them.
However, this would destroy the puppet.
Besides that, all that is needed is to erase the soul imprints within them, and they can be subdued.
However, when Xiao Yan's soul power enveloped the ten Heavenly Demon Puppets, he was shocked to find that there was no soul imprint on the Heavenly Demon Puppets at all.
Xiao Yan hurriedly left his soul imprint, and with a wave of his hand, ten golden, glittering Heavenly Demon Puppets fell into his storage ring.
"Hahahahaha..."
Excitement appeared on Xiao Yan's face as he accepted the ten Heavenly Demon Puppets. After all, even an ordinary Dou Zun expert would not dare to underestimate ten golden Heavenly Demon Puppets.
Just as Xiao Yan had finished taking over the ten Heavenly Demon Puppets, a group of figures suddenly appeared in the passage behind them. Xiao Yan recognized them as Tang Zhen and his group from Burning Flame Valley.
Before entering the Fire Path, Xiao Fan transmitted his voice to Tang Zhen about the secrets of the Fire Path. After all, such a mechanism would not delay the Burning Flame Valley for long, so it was better to do them a favor.
However, at the same time, as the ten Heavenly Demon Lords disappeared, the heavy stone door in front of them gradually opened with a series of creaking sounds.
As the stone gate gradually opened, a desolate and ancient aura slowly wafted out, and Xiao Yan and the others also became somewhat solemn.
Nodding slightly to the group from Burning Flame Valley behind him, Xiao Fan and his two companions stepped into the gate first.
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